📖 Definitions of "Backfilling"
verb
- 1
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
- 2
To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
- 3
To provide reserve support.
- 4
To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
"The company backfilled Joe's position after he was terminated."
noun
- 1
The process by which something is backfilled.
"the backfilling of trenches"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backfilling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| levellingnoun | Alternative form of leveling. [The process of making something level.] |
| infillnoun | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| fillernoun | Something added to fill a space or add weight or size. |
| fillverb | (transitive, ergative) To make full |
| lieunoun | A place or stead. |
| gradingnoun | A rank or grade. |
| refillingnoun | The act of filling again; a refill. |
| fillingnoun | Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach. |
| replacementnoun | A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. |
| substitutionnoun | The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. |
| substitutenoun | (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function. |
| reclamationnoun | The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated. |
| surrogatenoun | A substitute (usually of a person, position or role). |
| alternativenoun | Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. |
| landfillingnoun | (countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth. |
| populatingverb | (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people. |
| backsolutionnoun | The process or result of backsolving. |
| rebackingnoun | The process by which a book is rebacked. |
| backloadingnoun | (transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg. |
| backsourcingnoun | The process of bringing previously outsourced jobs back under the roof of the company to be performed internally. |
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